Friday Roundup

The UK is experimenting with private bonds to fund rehabilitation work for ex-offenders. Investors put up cash to fund reentry programs, and will receive dividends if the programs actually work — i.e., if participants don’t re-offend. What do you think?

Meanwhile, on this side of the pond:

Some interesting analysis of the felon voting rights cases in the pipeline around the country, including Farrakhan v. Gregoire, and why that case might make it to the Supreme Court.

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I was chatting to a UK prison officer the other day, and we both agreed that UK inmates are completely different to American inmates. Still, at least us Brits are willing to keep trying different things to stop so many people being locked up, instead of just giving in and warehousing as many criminals as possible.